I recently looked at and drove a 1973 convertible and am seriously considering taking the plunge into corvette ownership. The car is a numbers matching with 7300 original miles and has an L82 350 V8 with dual exhausts, manual transmission with both the convertible top and black vinyl hard top. It does not have air conditioning, power brakes or power steering. My main concern is that the car was painted from its original factory silver to Mille Miglia Red. The paint job is in excellent condition. Does anyone know if this would affect the price of the car, and if so, by how much? The price of the car is $27,500.

The price is excessively high, imho. $21,000 would be more in the right ballpark....but I haven't seen the car, so.....The repaint WILL devalue it somewhat, just from the color change aspect. Even a top notch, professional color change will effect true value of the car, so you need to see how well the change in color was done. If it is noticeable at all, then the value would be even less....Silver colors do not stand up very well in time....I can see having, or needing, a repaint with low miles, but I would wonder about the color change...what was the reason? Has the car been wrecked/damaged? Did someone really want to get rid of it quick, so they had it painted "Resale Red", so it would move quicker?Inquiring minds want to know...

That being said, if the car is what you are looking for, drives/stops/handles well, and you "feel" good about it, then the color change really shouldn't keep you from buying. Just know that a quality repaint back to the original color, should you ever decide to do it, will cost around $4000>, in most cases.I definitely would NOT pay the asking price for the car...period....but that's just me. I feel the car is way overpriced for one that has been repainted a different color, no A/C, power anything, etc.....just not worth that kind of $$$, unless it can be proven to be some sort of special order car, or was owned by someone famous....something like that.Just an opinion...

I was told by the current owner that the original owners got divorced and the car went to the wife. She apparently did not like the silver color and had it painted red. Just a color preference for her. I am unaware of any damage to the car. It has been covered in a heated garage the past six years and started every month or so, but has not been driven more than 100 miles since its been garaged. I will try to post some pictures that I recently took.

Ebo, The owner is a private party and it was her husband's car. If it was an automatic she would not be selling it. I have not had the opportunity to take it to a garage for an inspection yet, but that is something on my to do list.

Without seeing the car its difficult to give a meaningful opinion of price / value but I agree that the price of 27K is very high. Repaint to something different than born with will make a difference in value if you decide to sell it.

I keep up with Corvette pricing/market values pretty well. A nicely equipped '73, Big Block, 4speed, convertible would bring around $21-$23,000 in today's market. Small blocks just don't bring the same amount without some extra options, like the Z07 suspension, A/C, power brakes/windows, etc.Not saying it's not a nice car, since I've never seen it...it may be a really sweet car....it's just priced way over "market" value, even if it had not been recolored. Don't know where the seller's son is going on the net to get a price like that, but he's being misled/misinformed, imho.If it was me(and it ain't), and the car was in great condition(other than the color change), with documentation, I think I would offer $20,000, and see what happens....Pics would certainly be nice!

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